RI nightclub fire charity ride to be held Sunday

PROVIDENCE—An owner of a nightclub that burned down in 2003 is urging children of the 100 people who died to apply for help from a charity he co-founded.

The Station Education Fund is scheduled to hold its third annual motorcycle charity ride Sunday from Rhode Island to Connecticut.

The fund was founded by Jeffrey and Michael Derderian, who owned The Station Nightclub in West Warwick, and Jody King, whose brother died in the blaze.

They aim to help pay for education expenses for the 76 children who lost one or both parents in the fire.

Jeff Derderian says the fund has helped 15 children with things like laptops, supplies and clothes for school, and other education expenses.

The ride leaves from Warwick’s Toll Gate High School at 9:30 a.m.